"I came up with the idea of transporting passengers back and forth through Vegas on the weekends to make up for the lease payments," Sonnad told KTLA.

"This is the most comfortable, the most pleasant and, for the passengers, the most productive vehicle you could take a trip of this length in," one pilot driver said. "It's a lot of peoples' first time inside a Tesla, so they're really fascinated about the cars (and) the technology."

Plus, drivers and passengers don't have to pay for fuel costs. The cars fill up at Tesla charging stations along the route.

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“Our members cannot be bought off,” General President Sean O’Brien said in a social media statement, calling UPS' offers “illegal and haphazard.” (Hyosub Shin/AJC 2023)

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